Adjustable deck for stock-cars.



e. A. RE MBER.

ADIUSTABLE DECK FOR STOCK CARS.

APPLlCATION FlLED JULY 1?, 1915.

Patented Nbv. 13, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I G. A. REMBER.

ADlUSTABLE DECK FOR STOCK CARS.

APPLlCATlON man JULY.17,19l5.

' Patented Nov. 13,1911.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PA ENT oE oE.

GEORGE A. BEMBER, or BAILEY,

IDAHO, AS'SIGNOR, OF ONE-HALE ro FRED Enron, 0E nAILEzinm-ro. I V

ADJUSTABLE DECK Eon STOCK-CARS.

Application filed m 17, .1915. serial No. 40,495.

To all whom it may concern. a 1

Be it known that I, GEORGE AaREMBEiR, a citizen of the United States, residing at useful Improvements in Adjustable-Decks for Stock-Cars; and I do hereby declare the followingto be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whiohit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates generically to deck construction for use in stock cars, which are employed forthe transportation of varlous types of stock, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a deck for stock cars which may be moved upwardly to a position a short distance below the roof of the car paratively simple in construction, and which includes a plurality of posts composed of hingedly connected sections for supporting themovable deck at different elevations,and

also to provide cables which are attached to the deck and wound about a shaft, for wind- ;ing upon the shaft for raising the deck or unwinding from the shaft for lowering the deck, and further to provide means for facilitating rotation of the shaft.

With the foregoing and other objects in View this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings andclaimed;

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters designate like and corresponding parts throughoutthe several views, and in which Figure 1 is a longitud'nal sect on through Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

a stock carconstrnctedin accordance with this invention,

Fig.2 is an end view of the car, FFig. 3 is an end view on-the line 33 of 1g., Fig. 4 is a fargmentary cross section through the car, Fig. 5 is aperspective'view of one of the .posts, H o. Y o I Fig, 6 is a lQ r gitudinal section through a modified formofthe stock car, 7 V Fig. 7 is a view of a modified formof the .means for rotating the shaft, and V Fig. Sis a detail perspective view of a modified form of the shaft and manner of supporting the cable. 7

Referring more particularly to the drawings, '1 designates a stock car of ordinary construction, as an entirety, which car has a roof 2, and, the usual type of ends 3 and 4:, andfl0or5. H j

The stock car 1 has a plurality of posts 1.0 hingedly connected to the floor 5 of the car, as is shown at 11. Each of the posts 10 are composed of sections 12 and l3. The sections 12, which are hingedly connected to the floor 5, are of a height substantially equal to one half of the height of the interior of the car, and when the two-sections are in a folded position, as shown in solid lines in Fig. 5 of the drawings, they form a support upon which the deck 15 rests, when in alowered position. When the sections 130f the posts 10 are moved upwardly, as is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the upper ends of the sections 13 form supports for the deck 15 when the latter is in a raised position. The sections 12 and 13 are hingedly connected, as is shown at 14 in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

The deck 15 has eye-bolts 16 connected thereto, at spaced intervals along its edges. Cables 17 are connected to each pair of eyebolts 16, and extend upwardly along the extend from the pulleys 18, and are wound about the shaft 20. The shaft 20 is rotatably supported a short distance below the roof of the car by suitable bearings or hangers 21. The cables l7 are wound about the shaft 20, so that when the shafteis rotated for winding the cable thereupon, each end of the cable will be wound about the shaft for pulling evenly upon both sides or each of the side edges of the deck 15.

The ends of the shaft 20 are journaled in the ends 3 and 4 of the car 1, and theyhave gears 22 mounted thereon. The gears 22 mesh with pinions 23. The pinions 23 are mounted upon shafts -24,. whicln extend through the ends 3 and 4 of the car 1, and havecrank'handles 25 mou'nted upon their outer ends, for facilitating the 'rotation of the shaft '20, for'raising or lowering the deck 15 of the car.

Pawls 26 are pivotally carried by the ends of the car and en 'a' e theteeth of the ears 22, for preventing the weight of the deck from unwinding the cables and permitting the deck to lower, when it is not desired. If it is so desired, the pins 27 upon which the pawls are mounted, may extend through'the end of the car and have-cranks formed thereon for facilitating the movement of the pawls out of'e-ngagenient with the teeth of the gears 22, so as to permit of the unwinding rotation of the shaft forlowering the deck 15;

The posts 10 have hooks 3O pivotally connected thereto, which are provided for coaction with staples'31' carried by the sides of the car 1, for holding the posts and the sections of the-posts in various positions.

In Fig. 7 of the drawings, a modified form of the mechanism for rotating the shaft is provided, in which the shaft 31, which replaces the cable shaft 20, has a gear 32 mounted thereupon. -The gear 32 meshes with a pinion 33, which'pinion is mounted on a stub shaft 34. A gear 35 is also mounted upon the stub'shaft 34 and meshes with a pinion 36 mounted upon a stub shaft 37.

A wheel, similar to the brake operating wheels used on stock cars, 38, is also mounted upon the shaft 37 to provide for the manual rotation ofthe same. 7

In Fig. 6 of the drawings, a modified form of the invention is shown, wherein the deck is composed of sections 40 and 41. The sections of the deck are positioned in the sections of the car upon each side of-the doors of the car, and they are raised and lowered by cables 42, which are wound about shaft 43. The shafts 43 may be rotated by either 'of the shaft rotating structure heretofore described, or by a construction illustrated 'at the left end of the figure. Inthe conor lowering the deck. H

7 is rotatably supported by suitable bearings 51, and has a wheel 52 mounted upon its upper end, which protrudes above the roof of the car,

In Fig. 8 of the drawings, a modified form of the manner of supporting the cables is shown. is-shown; whichjdrum 1s keyed or mounted In this figure, a drum 53,

upon the shaft 54, which corresponds to the shaft 20 or 43. Thedrum 53 has the cable 1 55 wound thereupon from opposite direc tions, so-that each end of the-cable willbe wound upon or unwound-from the drum,

during'therotation of the same, for'raising From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,the advantages of construction and of the method of operation of the improved adjustable deck for stock cars willbe readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention 'appertains and, while in the foregoing descriptionfthe principle of the operation of this invention has been described together with various features of constructioinit is tobe understood that certain minor featur-es of construction, combination and arrangement of'parts maybe altered to suit practical conditions provided suchalterations are comprehended within the" scope of what is claimed.

VVhat' is claimed is':

1. In combination, a freight car, a vertically movable supporting deck arranged wvithin the car, ashaft journaledto the end walls ofthecar adjacent the upper end thereof, sheaves journaled to the top-wall of the car, cables secured to the shaft and tranied over thesheaves and havingtheir "free ends connected to the deck, means connected to one end of the shaft-for rotating; the shaft for raising and lowering the deck,a plurality of' supports, said'supports comprising hinged sections having the lower end of the lower section hingedly secured'to the floor o'f the car, and adapted to receive the deck on their upper ends for the car, ashaft journaled by its ends to the opposite end of the car, sheaves secured to the top wall *of the car and depending into the interiorthereof, cables having one end connected to the shaft and the opposite ends trained over the sheaves and connected to the deck, sectional support-s comprising upper and lower sections hingedly connected together said lower section having its lower end secured to the bottom wall of the car, and adapted to receive on its upper end, the deck and assist in supporting the same midway of the car, said upper section adapted ture in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. REMBER. Witnesses:

H. A. BAKER, FRED W. FAToR.

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